Pipeline giants eye MW to East Coast ethanol line

摘要

Two pipeline giants will soon decide whether it is feasible to spend $3 billion on a line that would move ethanol from the Midwest to distribution points in Ohio and mid-Atlantic states. Magellan Midstream Partners and Buckeye Partners last week outlined a project that, if approved, would bring more than 238,000 b/d of denatured ethanol from Iowa and other farm states to terminals in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Linden, N.J. The study will not look at the possibility of moving ethanol-blended gasoline, stressed Magellan spokesman Bruce Heine.